Nexus 4 teardown shows hepta-band LTE chip

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17 Nov 2012, 10:56posted on

This is a bit strange. We reported on the teardown of the Nexus 4 yesterday, but we didn't notice an interesting thing that was uncovered. Luckily, a reader sent us a tip. Apparently, the Nexus 4 has a hepta-band Qualcomm LTE chip built-in...

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Why is everyone under This ridiculous assumption that lte is more expensive? I'm not sure about outside of the USA but with the major carriers here lte is the same exact price as any other data plan, and I know because I work as a dealer of all four major carriers. Also I'll take my 50+mbps over your 15 on hspa+ any day. The no lte on the 4 was a complete deal breaker for me. With a top of the line phone I expect to get top of the line data speeds along with it.

From the "A vision for Google Wireless and the troubles it would face," article previously posted - "As for the wireless bands, Google prefers global standards, so we would expect that the network would be built on GSM/HSPA+ and LTE. LTE of course would be the trouble spot as different regions use different frequency bands. The USA uses the 700MHz spectrum, while the majority of the rest of the world uses the 1800MHz, 2100MHz, and 2600MHz spectrum, and a few others. Even worse, within those frequencies, there are different bands being used by different carriers. For example, Verizon and AT&T both use the 700MHz frequency, but Verizon is band 13 and AT&T is band 17, so the same radio wouldn't work for both."

So is this hepta-band LTE chip preparation to make the Nexus 4 more compatible with Google Wireless once that launches in late 2013???

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